I also remember from the previous year that Farnham, Rector and Martin co-signed a letter written by senators Katz and Langley criticizing LePage for saying mean things about liberals. Greg Kesich, the PPH editor, was so pleased with the letter that the excitedly announced that “the LePage era is over.”

Does anyone know if Kesich wrote an editorial criticizing the Democrats for affixing the rubberstamp label to the senators he praised a year earlier for ending the LePage era?

A couple of quotes from that letter.

“We are not the enemy of labor and labor is certainly not an enemy to us.”

“As Republican Senators we refuse to question the motivation, intelligence or humanity of those with whom we disagree. We pledge to treat our fellow legislators with dignity and respect even as we engage in vigorous and passionate debate.”

The first quote is especially notable since “labor” has since turned out to be an enemy of Rep. Terry Hayes.